Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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lll 2llj]ij 3 ' ' 13iy!l2i. TIRZA SAMsr»r. EDITOKS. I AtJI. :MAKTI r. ROSCOE .TOXES. PIARKX .JEWELL. WYATT SPRAGrTE.

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ANOTHER of oiu- best teachers who leave us this year is Prof. Torild Arnoldson. For three years he has held the chair of Modern Languages and has proven himself an instructor of the highest order. There is no teacher in the colleg ' e who has a deeper place in the hearts of the students or is more respected by them than is Mr. Arnoldson. The college certaioly is sutfering a great loss in losing such a teacher as he is, for we feel sure that he has a very bright future before him and that the school to which he goes will never have cause to regret their choice. As a man, he is above reproach and will always be remembered as a kind, good hearted teacher, who is full of fun and who deserves the re- spect and love of all. The ' 02 Annual wishes him as much success in his new place — the Uni- versity of Utah — as he lias had in Monmouth College.

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lemndDr Mnstoryc Class Colors— Crimson and Black, Yell— Oh! Wi: WaelWon! Rahl Rah! Rah? 1901 1 IT IS sometimes difficult for the historian to make history interesting without resorting- to fiction, i ' or the public takes little interest in perusing sta tistics and plain dry facts. Nevertheless, a few events have happened in history that read like fiction, and the historian in making a record of them is often accused of wandering from the path of truth. Therefore it is with much apprehension that the historian records for the last time in The Ravelings the history of the Class of 1901. fc - •iS? ' ' :; ' There are many experiences of the class that he ' ' )] might narrate, but, because the simple truth would • 3 7 ) j -j sound like a reckless exaggeration, he must con- fine his history to the enumeration of the more commonplace. Of commonplace events the most interesting are those of war. The Class of 1901 declared war against the faculty and students in the month of September, 1897. A few have been slain, but their memories will ever remain bright and cheering to ns who are left ;. isome have sustained painful and serious wounds, while others, being ■captured, have suffered inhuman ( ? ) punishment and discipline. A few •weeks more and we will have overthrown the final obstructions and will ' have been honorably discharged. Our Fi ' eshman year was marked with comparative CLuietude, although .at times it seemed as if blows could not be averted. All our m.ana?uvres were unmolested, our physical strength and intellectual mien having- such .a quieting- effect on the other classes that we were allowed the unheard of privilege of holding the annual banquet on Washington ' s birthday with- ■ out being disturbed in the least. The lull which overshadowed the school in our Freshman year was ■ only to be followed by the bloodiest and most glorious campaign of Mon- :mouth College. Although few in number we were mighty in strength. Do we not still hold the Inter-class Field Day Pennant which we won in the spring- of ' 93? Did we not fight the Class of 1902 to a standstill when they dared to challenge us to a foot-ball contest? With hearts swelling with pride and patriotism, did we not g-uard all the entrances to the Audi- torium while one of our classmates scaled the rafters and nailed to the roofthe flag of crimson and black? All during- chapel it floated over our lieads, only to come down when a professional, hired by the faculty, went over the same ground which our amateur took the night before. Did we quail when 1902, with double our numbers, attempted to burn a bogus flag the next nig-ht? No! With a rush and a few well-directed blows we captured the flag, and if you ask most any Senior he can show you a piece of that memorable cloth. Nor did we stop here. Next spring- this same class, still claiming to be our superiors, determined to try con-